I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the…

Muhammad Ali
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I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world. ✨ Muhammad Ali (2016). Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest, p.156, Simon and Schuster
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